How feasible is the biological control of coral diseases?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 378-385

  Teplitski, Max ^a   Ritchie, Kim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CORAL REEF; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MUTUALISM;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; ECOSYSTEM; PROBIOTICS;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67649403190     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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